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Australian Government Wants to Tell Telcos How to Do Security

posted by takyon on Wednesday July 22 2015, @01:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the down-under-and-inside dept.

multixrulz writes:

The ABC (Australia) reports:

A battle is brewing between telecommunications companies and the Federal Government over further national security laws.

The Coalition Government wants to force telcos to do more to protect their networks and infrastructure from attack, and wants to give itself the power to directly intervene in the companies when there is a security risk.

The telcos are worried those powers are too broad, too intrusive and give Government unfettered access to their documents.

Obviously the government wants it both ways: telcos have to be secure from all attacks except "friendly" ones from the spooks in Canberra.

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  • (Score: 2) by AndyTheAbsurd on Wednesday July 22 2015, @02:46PM

    by AndyTheAbsurd (3958) on Wednesday July 22 2015, @02:46PM (#212332) Journal

    That's not true. Here in the US, the corporations are the government. Sure, they put some people in Congress and the White House as scapegoats^Wfigureheads, but we all know what's going on at this point.

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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday July 22 2015, @04:25PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Wednesday July 22 2015, @04:25PM (#212383) Journal

    Sure, they put some puppets in Congress and the White House as scapegoats^Wfigureheads, but we all know what's going on at this point.

    FTFY.